Cooking adventures in a small, closet sized, kitchen. - I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.

A quiche with a quinoa crust that is filled with spring asparagus, artichokes, basil pesto and goat cheese.

I don’t know what it is about spring and asparagus but at this time of year I always seem to think about asparagus quiches which I never tire of and I always love experimenting with. This year was no different and I wanted to try something a little different, a quinoa crust instead of the more standard all butter pie crust . Up until recently my favourite crust for quiches has been a brown rice pie crust and I figured that quinoa should work equally as well as a pie crust. The quinoa pie crust is pretty easy to make and all you need to do is cook some quinoa, mix in an egg and some cheese as binders and pre-bake the crust until golden brown before continuing with your quiche recipe as normal. For this quiche I had to go with the asparagus which had been on my mind, along with baby artichokes and I flavoured the quiche with a healthy dose of fresh homemade basil pesto and some creamy and tangy goat cheese. This asparagus, baby artichoke, pesto and goat cheese quiche may take a bit of time to make but it is well worth it and it definitely makes for one impressively tasty weekend breakfast or brunch! With the quinoa crust and the use of milk rather than heavy cream you can enjoy this healthy quiche with little or no regret!

I like to arrange a few asparagus spears and artichoke hearts on top for presentation.

Just look at that golden brown and crispy quinoa crust!

The basil pesto adds plenty of flavour and definitely makes this quiche scream of spring!

Oh wow, I JUST made nearly the same dish for my latest post! If you want to check it out, it's here— http://www.wander-crush.com/2013/05/27/asparagus-quiche/I love your addition of artichokes. The crust recipe looks amazing too—I'll definitely have to try that next time (too many butter shortcrusts out there).

This looks and sounds delish, but I get confused between steps six and seven. Are we supposed to use the artichoke hearts only on the top of the quiche, or are they mixed into it? If they are mixed into it, I would assume they need to be chopped. I'm looking forward to making it this weekend 😉

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